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Monday, June 11, 2012

Daylilies for Lunch?? (re-post)

Last year, I posted about eating daylilies and I think it's worth a re-post. Our lilies are in full bloom here at our house and we're taking advantage of that by having them for lunch with egg salad and chicken salad. Yum! :)

So, for all my new readers, here the post..

Daylilies for Lunch??

Imagine
the looks on children's faces when you serve up a platter of these
beauties for lunch! They are quick and easy to prepare, and are
delicious stuffed with egg salad, tuna salad, or chicken salad.

But first, some nutritional info about the daylily. All parts of the
daylily are edible. The buds provide more vitamin C than green beans or
asparagus, and have more protein than these two vegetables. The flavor
of daylilies is similar to lettuce - crunchy and slightly sweet.

In the Orient, daylilies have been considered medicinal. The roots are
known to have pain-killing properties. And they have been used to treat
various illnesses such as jaundice, fevers, and some tumors.

NOTE: When you harvest daylilies, only harvest the ones in your garden -
not roadside daylilies, as they are usually treated with chemicals and
pesticides. I am referring to daylilies only. Some other lilies contain
alkaloids and should not be eaten. Daylilies can act as a laxative or
diuretic; eat in moderation.

So all you need to do is gather daylily blossoms from your garden. Wash
them in cold water to remove any insects or dirt. You can wash the
pollen off, as well, unless your children don't mind the orange powder
on their faces. :) Gently dry the blossoms with a paper towel. Stuff
each blossom with a heaping tablespoon of your favorite lunch salad.

As you can see, my children had no problem with eating flowers for lunch................

You can Google "Daylily Recipes" and find lots of other ways to prepare the beautiful flowers. Happy flower - eating!

Luke 12 :27 "Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor
spin; and yet I say to you even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one of these."

How fun! I remember years ago while vacationing in San Francisco, we went to a produce market and there were people selling bags of edible flowers...so beautiful. I wished I could take them home, but couldn't. This post makes me want to plant some daylilies so I can make flower sandwiches for my grandchildren...and how pretty these would be at a lady's luncheon. Thanks for sharing this. Gail (@1-Minute BibleLoveNotes.com)

Hello Gail,I am always on the look-out for edible plants that grow in our area. My children are finally getting used to eating flowers, dandelions, lilacs, etc. ;)Thanks for stopping by and follow!Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Oh, that is so cool! I never knew that. And your lilies are sooo very pretty. I love the yellow/orange mix. We will have to give it a try. We are behind you seasonally, of course, so we will have to wait a while. Thanks for educating me today, teehe.

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